{"product_id":"9780385188432","title":"A Fistful of Fig Newtons","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the wild and wacky world of favorite funnyman Jean Shepherd, a dozen truer-than-life tales of tailgating on the Jersey Tumpike, infuriating infants, and other everyday catastrophes, defeats, and humiliations that are the familiar fate of Americans everywhere.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Shepherd was one of America’s favorite humorists, his most notable achievement being the creation of the indefatigable Ralphie Parker and his quest for a BB gun in the holiday classic \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Story\u003c\/i\u003e. But he was so much more, a comic Garrison Keillor–like figure whose unique voice transcended the airwaves and affected a whole generation of nostalgic Americans. \u003ci\u003eA Fistful of Fig Newtons\u003c\/i\u003e is classic Jean Shepherd—sidesplittingly funny and sardonically irreverent. It is a brilliant comic assessment of American life—all of them delivered in Jean Shepherd’s witty, classy, unforgettable style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown\/Archetype","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108119253232,"sku":"9780385188432","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385188432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}